Yeah I couldn't help myself, I bought LaLa this month for Kyousou Silent ("Madness Silent" per the English title on the colour page). I don't think the 55-page length gave it enough space to really explore anything beyond the basics of the setting, which is a shame because the setting is probably the most interesting element at play here.
Which isn't to say the rest of it is bad, it's a rollicking little short honestly, but I reeeeeeeally want it to get picked up for serialisation so we can get into more of the 1920s setting stuff.
For now though, Rio is the stand-out of the two leads (no shocks there, I've always found Fujiwara's heroines far more compelling than her heroes) and I absolutely adore her hairstyle. She's a plucky girl with a dream, Hollywood! Watch out!
Jack is a bit more muted, he's got that aloof air since he's already a success and Rio gets under his skin almost immediately (a feeling which is quite mutual, for different reasons). An interesting enough dynamic evolves between the two, but as it's a short story things wrap up fairly quickly once they get started.
Overall, worth the 5 bucks or whatever LaLa costs these days. I've got my fingers crossed that this story strikes a chord with LaLa's readers and gets to be a series, but if it doesn't I'll still be happy I took the time to read about these characters in this brief format.
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Recently I’ve been reading Kui Ryoko’s fantasy short stories, and they’re all fantastic! Highly recommend that all Dungeon Meshi fans (and fantasy fans in general) check out her other works:
Terrarium in a Drawer
The Dragon’s School is on Top of the Mountain
The Works of Ryoko Kui: Seven Little Sons of the Dragon
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hotter than hell
[ID: Digital art of Vash and Wolfwood from Trigun Maximum in their alternative universe form based off an angel Vash and Devil Wolfwood illustration Nightow did. The both of them are sitting side by side, exhausted from the heat, Vash has his arms crossed, leaned against his knees and his head against his arms, eyes closed as sweat drips from his face. His wings spreads over the both of them to shield them from the sun. Wolfwood is sitting with his right leg extended and his left leg with the knee slightly up. His eyes are also closed with a clear grimacing expression. He uses one of his small devil wings to fan Vash, the text effect reads “flap flap”. Being in the shadows, the palette is cool, blues and purples. A sliver of light shines on the parts not covered by wings in a bright orange/yellow. END ID]
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Haunted City
Danny could admit that pretending to be a "regular ghost" was pretty fun. He could hide in one place and scare people who were waiting for an open door and a creepy laugh.
Honestly, Danny could do a lot more than that, the ghosts people believed in were nothing like the ones he knew. He wondered if there were simply different types of ghosts, or supernatural creatures; it was quite likely, considering that the ghosts of the Realms weren't even of the same dimension so it wasn't a fair comparison.
Anyway, the halfa had spent a couple of days "haunting" Gotham. The place was too leggy and they needed a little excitement in their lives. Of course, this led to some rumors about a spirit suffering or something similar, he didn't really care.
The "heroes" of Gotham didn't seem to share his opinion, going through all the places that had been "attacked" (they were just jokes) and looking for some explanation before calling Justice League Dark, Danny had fun scaring them a little in the process.
But he wasn't too interested in being exorcised, banished or whatever they did with rebel ghosts, so he settled on a mansion that was too big for its few inhabitants. Scaring billionaires was almost therapeutic, although the butler didn't seem too impressed by his (minimal) efforts.
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Fanart I started for a billboard promo in fall, then missed the deadline, took too long to draw fall trees, then changed them into plum blossoms feat snow for winter themed 79, then missed that deadline and finally finished it a few days ago
Time management is my passion.
uuuh happy qijiu everyone
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Anyway check this out-
The amount of serotonin blinking qijiu gave me is embarassing because otherwise I would've never done this
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A little wonderful project me and @lil-beanz000 came up with ! Let me introduce you to Vinny Usato, the new member of the Usato fam and marupyons little brother ! This adorable munchkin is one of @lil-beanz000 original oc’s that i kidnapped >:3 muehehehe
Be amazed by his cuteness !!!!!!!
After having pyonpyon, Leo finds out that he would no longer be able to have children, the pregnancy having been to hard on his body. While talking about it to the family, draxum offers to help them by providing his services and lab as a birthing chamber/incubator. The young couple is overjoyed and accept his offers, however not everyone on board with the idea. Maru finds herself conflicted with this new change and lashes out at her parents, however after some reassurance and some bonding time she comes to love little Vinny to bits <3
Here is beanz vinny description !
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